SB2021041606 - Denial of service in Juniper Junos OS FFEB
Published: April 16, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021041606
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-0233)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when processing a high rate of specific packets. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted traffic to the system and crash the Forwarding Engine Board (FFEB) .
Note, this issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on ACX500 Series, ACX4000 Series.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.